Rams-49ers 2nd half

I’m sure Mike Singletary was threatening jobs in the locker room. If he didn’t he should have.

49ers drive: Only 52 yards of offense for the 49ers in the first half. Isaac Bruce is now in street clothes. No changes on the offensive line for the 49ers. On the first drive, Vernon Davis got three straight passes, he dropped one, got slapped with a penalty for slamming the ball down on a first-down reception and then had a clean second-down catch. Immaturity of Davis doomed that drive.

Rams drive: Justin Smith with two sacks. He has over 40 hits on quarterbacks this year and he’s finally getting rewarded with sacks. Let’s see what the 49ers can do offensively.

49ers drive: Lookie here! A long drive by the 49ers of over 80 yards, punctuated by Moran Norris’s 1-yard plunge. Great play by Michael Crabtree to snag a 11-yard third-down throw and then a long run by Gore, a long catch by Gore and nice intermediate throw to Josh Morgan right on time by Alex Smith. A good variety of formations and the 49ers finally handle the blitz. Five first downs on the drive. They had four in the first half.

Rams drive: Kyle Boller is in the game; a reminder that a first-round pick can become a career backup. Rams go three and out with Ray McDonald forcing an incompletion on third down with a hard rush and knock down fo Boller.

49ers drive: The 49ers didn’t sustain their offense, Smith now seems frustrated by his lack of time. Frank Gore had a huge hole on the left side with a draw on third down, but instead he went right. Even Frank Gore is off.

Rams Drive: Great play by Tarell Brown on third down, he gets cut, but then gets up and makes the tackle to force a punt.

49ers drive: Smith is falling into bad habits again. He raced to his right at the snap even when there was no pressure. It cut the field in half and he only had Jason Hill who caught a high pass short of the first down. The 49ers are unable to move the ball against the league’s 29th ranked defense playing without their best d-lineman, Leonard Little.

Rams drive: Boller and Steven Jackson are yelling at each other after Jackson lost yardage on second down. Boller was then shooed away from Jackson on the sidelines. And you thought the 49ers had problems. Well, they do have problems. Another three and out. The Rams were doing better with Null at QB. No first downs for the Rams in the second half.

49ers drive: High pass on third down from Smith. He had Crabtree open on third down. Another three and out.

Rams drive: Big return by Amendola to put the Rams in the 49ers’ red zone. Thanks to Takeo Spikes, the 49ers hold the Rams to a field goal. He stuffed fullback John Karney and Jackson lost a yard on third-and-short.

49ers drive: There it is. The game-sealing play – 73 yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis that was perfectly thrown. Davis beat the safety and then out-raced him to the end zone. It’s the 13th TD to Davis who said he feels faster now that he has shaved his dreads. Davis ties the NFL record for TD’s for a tight end in a season.

Rams drive: Another sack from Justin Smith. He has three today.

49ers drive: 49ers score again, helped by a deep pass to Michael Crabtree. Then a few rushes by Frank Gore and the 49ers are in for another score. I guess late is better than never. If the 49ers did this in the first quarter, we’d be having an entirely different tone. 21-6.

Rams drive: Excuse me. Four sacks for Justin Smith. The Rams just got their first first down of the second half. The 49ers get two straight sacks the four straight hits on Boller so the 49ers take over on downs.

49ers drive: Chris Patrick is in at right tackle and he completely stoned Chris Long. He pushed him 7 yards down field, and then Long gave Patrick a head butt right in front of the referee. Not smart. Gore bounces left to get into the end zone. Ten rushing TDs for Gore. That guy is amazing. The 49ers will have their first non-winning season in seven years.

Class move – the Rams put Isaac Bruce up on the big screen, and the sparse crowd reponds. Bruuuuucce!